#and merlin just standing by and

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 4.10 A Herald of the New Age

[muchmossymess]

Merlin: uh oh looks like I can't manipulate mansplain manservant my way out of this one

Merlin: manslaughter it is

Arthur: meRLIN NO!

[justaz]

arthur is immortal in the same way merlin is immortal, he can die but he bounces back after a while. merlin putting arthurs body on a boat and sending him out onto the lake but not burning him as he did to lancelot and freya. merlin disappearing off the face of the earth, unable to go back to camelot where every stone is carved with arthur's name, every room holds the faintest echo of his laughter, the shadows cast by the flickering flames of torches match each line and curve of arthur's body which merlin had memorized after years of dressing and undressing him, wandering and lingering hands that were just casual enough to pass off as platonic.

arthur crawling out of the lake the night after the morning merlin put him to rest, dazed, confused, and alive. arthur searches for merlin but can't find him. he's disappeared. gwen rules camelot as queen, she lifts the ban on magic, and rules fairly. arthur is content to leave his kingdom with her as he searches the land for merlin. he visits every place he and merlin every visited but he's nowhere to be found. time passes but arthur only grows more desperate. he's sure he's searched every inch of albion twice. no merlin.

enough time passes, everyone he's known has died and he looks exactly as he did when mordred drove his blade into his abdomen. arthur is forced to admit to himself that enough time has passed that merlin was bound to have died, leaving arthur all alone. immortal merlin is literally like chilling in ireland or some shit. but both immortal idiots are living in the same area and end up just missing each other. literally like end up holding the door to a coffee shop for one another but they don't meet each other's gazes bc they're busy mourning each other

[nekoyashi]

One Knight Stand Magic Guide

Prologue:

No choices to increase magic here.

Apartment:

Choose Amnesia as your background to get a +5 in magic.

Using Xyzzy in any part of your name (name/surname/nickname) will give +1 to magic, physical strength, intelligence and charisma.

Using Avalon as a surname will give +1.

Polo Club:

Choosing Queen of the Knight as your horse will give +2.

Pick this option to get +1 to magic: If the trailer turned into gingerbread, would we still need to give hay to the horses?

Fencing Club:

When choosing your fencing style, choose that you want to use a long sword or Excalibur to get +2.

If your cuckoo is equal or higher than four, you can choose this to get +1 in magic: I gravely inform the audience that only masked eyes are allowed to behold my full splendor.

Talent:

Choosing luck as your talent will randomly pick a status and give it +5. It'll happen three times in total, giving up to +15 if you're lucky.

While choosing to be a lucid dreamer won't increase magic now, it'll increase it in the dream sequence.

Going Home:

Choosing to be a changeling will give +10 to magic. Lying about Amnesia will give +5

Back to the Apartment:

Choosing to take the stairs or staying in the lobby will give +1.

Conversation with Merlin:

If you decide to use a pseudonym, using Xyzzy in any part of your pseudonym will give +1 to magic, physical, intelligence and charisma. Using Avalon as your fake surname will give +1 to magic.

Note that this is mutually exclusive with the real name choice, so using the same twice will only increase the status in the first time.

Packing the Suitcase:

Choosing to bring nothing will give +1 (not recommended as the other option will increase more).

If you chose Amnesia as your background, then choosing to bring a picture of the desert will give +5.

Leaving the Apartment:

If your cuckoo is equal or higher than 13 or you've chosen lying about amnesia as your secret, choosing 'I leave the front door unlocked in our wake. That'll help the firefighters later.' will give +1.

If you follow Merlin:

"Uh..." I say eloquently. gives +1

I simply keep up my silent vigil. gives +2

I join in the dance. Sure... why not? gives +2

I gawk like a yokel at the local sideshow. gives +1

Dream:

If the MC if a lucid dreamer, choosing to duel Lancelot and then picking 'Methinks a bit of magic is called for here... and so I set my blade ablaze.' will give +2.

Alternatively, if you go with Arthur twice, picking 'I spin in a slow circle, reaching out with my senses to try and perceive where the fae may be lurking.' will give +2.

As there's only 2 timeslots in the dream, you can't do the two at the same time.

Rest Stop:

No choices to increase magic here.

Traveling Again:

Choosing 'Concentrate on that feeling that plucks at my attention.' will give +1.

If you get to the final round of Rock, Paper, Scissors with Merlin, you'll get +1. Choosing Rocket here will give another +1.

[nextstopparis]

kilgharrah looking at arthur in 2.13 like he wants to inspect him under a microscope isnsndbsjs

[just-a-queer-disaster]

Love how brainwashed and gaslit Selwyn is canonically. "oh he's a bad boy rebel" No. That just isn't true. His (former) King left at age 12 and he didn't blink an eye at his own loyalty. Selwyn relied on the Order for stability and information and just the structure of his life in general. Even after Selwyn sees the truth, he cant bring himself to call the Order complete liers and frauds. He probably had a parental relationship with many of the adults who trained him,even if they just saw him as a shield and sword for the king. He was forced to believe he was inherently a monster, and would grow up to be a demon that betrayed everyone. He was taught to praise the Order. His fear of getting punished is so catholic guilt core. Even if obedience was beat into him, he still probably gave it to them on a silver platter because he was a child. He probably originally bonded emotionally to the Order because it allowed him to see what his mother was doing before she "died." Order used his grief and sadness and turned it into a weapon, not caring that he could never heal himself because all he can do is stab. He was forced to be a killer before he hit double digits. He was being trained before he even hit 5 by his mother. His entire life was training and working for this organization, this cult, him basing all his beliefs and morals on it, only to betray him and those he loves time and time again. His deadbeat dad isn't even his fucking deadbeat dad. The same organization that took him in and fucking raised him is the same thing he now has to stand against. The very aether he loves so much causes him to get aether drunk, a thing he specifically avoids, probably because his dad was a fucking alcoholic. In these books, he's constantly crashing out, because fuck I would too. He was taught to lick disdain from a blade and call it love.

[whataboutthreateninganass]

this promotional image of Bradley literally haunts my dreams:

PLEASEEEE 😭😭

why is he standing like that !!

[pyjamacryptid]

I’m thinking about Gwen and Elyan tonight folks….. they were siblings, finally reunited after years, reconciled, and obviously cared for one another very much and there were hardly any on-screen interactions between them save for episodes where either one of them was in danger of some kind. Sigh.

I also know for a fact their exchanges would’ve been hilarious because it seemed that Elyan was the one person that knew how to annoy Gwen at light-speed LOL

yeselyanprincearthurofcamelot

[multifandom-aroace]

you could say that, couldn't you merlin

[the-gateway-to-madness]

has the bbc merlin fandom utilized the prophetic doom and angst of the song "no longer you" from epic the musical yet or am i just not deep enough into the bbc merlin fandom to know anything about it besides memes

[marcskywalker]

Wait I just thought of it.

Imagine au where after merlin confesses to his magic, at the end he was somehow able to save Arthur. They make it back to Camelot but there is some awkwardness between the two, like they've forgotten how to act around eo.

After years of hiding, Merlin is hesitant to show Arthur his magic, to make himself vulnerable to his King in that way. And Arthur takes longer to believe merlin's stories, there are more questions and double takes than there used to be.

Merlin tries to return the sigil one day, thinking that he doesn't deserve to have it since he doesn't have Arthur's full and unwavering trust any more (his words not the king's).

Arthur presses it back into his palms, "It's a gift, Merlin. You keep those."

obviously inspired by:

[atdawn]

Still alive, then? Yeah, just about. I understand I have you to thank for that.

MERLIN 1.04 - The Poisoned Chalice

[mythandmagic]

please Please PLEASE everyone go read Like Every Tree Stands on Its Own by @mightybog it is phenomenal and has deliciously altered my brain chemistry. AND there's a sequel in the works which is sure to be just as marvelous and heartwrenching and beautiful as the first.

Seriously, I have been rotating this story for days, even made some picrews about it (courtesy of ElenaA's Kiss Crew, beloved).

Anyway, please go read and kudos and comment and show her some love because she deserves it.

[justaz]

morgana and arthur have a sleepover when they’re teenagers and morgana brings out this summoning spell and arthur is all “magic?!?!?! :o thats wrong we cant do that” and morgana just says “pussy.” and then arthur is helping her set everything up. they light the candles and chant in the old tongue and then BOOM a figure appears but it’s not the mighty god emrys the text talked of, it’s just a boy a couple of years younger than arthur, scared and confused, who answers to the name merlin rather than emrys. while they’re arguing, merlin goes stiff and is like “do you hear that?” and then trails out of morgana’s chambers in a trance and obviously morgana and arthur follow him and they end up way beneath the castle where theres a fucking dragon???? now emrys, the once and future king, and the witch are chillin w a dragon and talking about destiny. none of them are happy about this btw

[thursdaysyme]

arthur trying to order coffee when he knows nothing about coffee and thinks it’s gross but there’s a cute barista

[yourfavecharacterisqueer]

which was more culturally significant; the renaissance or the queer-coded arthuriana adaptation that is bbc’s merlin?